Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-10


Dictator, Giro Il ON
Jay-Eye-see.. ...s'.'''. ...'.''' SisD
Pbnilns. ..............'.'''' oi5t
Director. .........s......s sss''-''''''~'"
Htacinth. sire of
Reina Victoria, dam Oh oo,,<
Princeton. ...............'...'''' 49,
RnclldE.. ...........s.........''. .'.'~'So's
DrssIg TyRxER, b. M. by vIrEinius, tnorougn;
tred son Of Lexington, dam py son Oh
American Eclipse, Thoroughbred. s,,,,
Oliver X ,.....s:itk
ExcnrouKR, thoroughbred 500 oil Revenue
Lucille. .................'... soa,
Rieoletie. .................,....- .'.''''''--S't
RoYrJs SCOTLAND, thoroughbred. s..,,<
scotiand....... a.. =, dam Of Ash.
land Chief. sire Oh arr
Black Cloud .s.-.- -. 49, ''-'''s'f'a
In view OF such striking facts well
did You say in your journal
"The great trotter needs nerve en-
ercy AID lung capacity just as much as
the great runner does, and the quickest
wav 10 get them in the trotter Is 10 60
TO The Thoroughbred for them. VITA
the examples of Maud y, Jay-Eye-
See. Cliupstonc, Oliver r., and Pa'o
Alto before lis it is Idle TO tax aoont
Tie blood of the runner being detri-
mental TO tie harness gait. All OF
these have pure action, and the tho
roughbrcd infusion in each IS strong
through dam or sire. To cover mile
in 900 the horse must trot not only
one quarter, but each of the four quar-.
tiers in 81. seconds. The record of
Maud s.. whose dam was out OF tho
rouobbred daughter of Boston, is
2aSl. When the so-calIed strictly
trotting-bred mare is mated with
trotting-stallion, the blood must nick to
produce performer. And when
mare full of the nerve quality OF Bos-
ton. Lexington, or Planet is mated
with a SON OF Hamblttonian, the blood
must nick to produce light harness
performer. Without the happy blend
ing or nick the result is disappointing !;
and We will ask our friend OF Oregon to
reflect for a moment upon the thou
sands of disappointments which have
sprung from the mating OF strictly
trotting-bred mares with strictly trot-
ting-bred stations. 1t is clear to our
mind that the great performer In har'
ness, the one of extreme capacity,
must have the speedy and speed-sus-
tanning blood of horse OF the stamp o!
Boston. Ibis is the stern logic OF the
track. and he who goes against it in
dulges in the doubtful pleasure OF but
ting his head against stone wall
THE EARLIER TRoTTERs FROM THOROUGH
BREEDS.
] said in the earlier part OF this letter
that Hambietonian was himself mon
ument to the success of ENGRAVING
Asian blood upon horses OF the trotting
anatomy and habit. i will supplement
the foregoing list of later trotters by
giving some examples of the success OF
this policy in the early breeding OF
American trotters:
mary. chestnut mare by Monmouth Eclipse,
son Of Duroc, son Of Diomed. First dam
by Bertrand, son Of Sir Archy out OF
Eliza. daughter OF imported Mamorina
by i'm ported Bedford. Nam brina wasiull
sister OF old Messenger. Second dam Dy
Bosciusko son OF Sir Archy. Third dam By
Gallatin, full brother 20 Eliza, fourth dam
MeaGeis Celer.
This mare presents the most direct and
unmixed combination OF Diomed and
most noted producer OF trot;ers Her
best descendant was Dick Moore, 2221s
| KEMBLR JACKSON, son OF Andrew JACKSON, son
of Henry Clay. First dam Fanny Kemble
by Duroc Second dam Maria by CANA
tin.
| ASHLAND, noted trotter and sire, was by NAM
brine Chief. First dam Utilda by iIn-
ported Margrave. Second dam Too soon
by Sir Leslie. Third dam Young Peggy
by Gallatin.
por,o iRn.TT.U CprEP was hOrae much
priced as stout horse. His dan was oy
Phillips son OF DuOc.
LADY THoRSE, 2:lsh, by Mambrino Chief, mrs,
dam by Gano son Of American Eclipse.
American Eclipse was by DurOc. son OF
DiOmed. out Of Miller's Damsel, daughter
of old Messenger.
JAY GOULD, 220k, by Hambletoninn, out Of
Seeiey;s American Star, son OF Stock
holmis American Star, son OF American
jay Gould's granddam was by ExtOn
Eclipse. son Of American Eclipse.
His great granddam was by Messenger
Duroc son Of Duroc out Of dam by Mes
Thus joy Could had MESSENGER aud
Duroc blood enough 10 satisfy the greed
lest appetite In that direction.
PEcK's IDoi. by Mambrino Chief, out OF dam
by American Eclipse. lie was the sire OF
bon, 2:29H: John r., s:s3; and Barbara
Patchen, 2.2iH..
the direct mslo line; being by Bianco,
son OF Irons Cadmus, who was son OF Cad
mus, thoroughbred son OF American
Eclipse, out of Die Vernon By Balls
Florizel by Dioned.
Srnugelerss dam was by Blind Tucka-
hoe, granddam By Jones's Oscar; grea:
granddam by Shepherds Consul
FIDDLER, by Monmouth Eclipse. colld bo:h
run and trot lie rs credited with having
trotted twenty miles on common hisn-
way In III, en-. 23sec.
CAPT MCGOWAN, by imported Sovereign outof
| dam by American Eclipse, trotted twenty
miles in 5Sm. 25sec These three last
named horsc5 do not appear 70 have ha "a
any Of the acknowledged trotting blood
In their veins, and owed their talent for
trotting exclusively 10 their Messenger
Duroc blood.
out OF Honesty by imported Expedition.
| who was daughter OF Zelippa by Messen-
ger lie was the sire Of Mary tho dam
OF Dick Moore. 222h, besides several othe T
| excellent performers Colonel j. l..
| CarringtOn's fine horse Carlos, sire OF
Hewetrs Roy. ESQ. was descended from
this Mary.
seeleyis AHERIcAS STAR, son Of StOckholm's
American Star, by Duroc. Was the sire OF
| forty-seven famous performers ana troi.
ting sires. Among these were tho dam OF
Dexter, and Of his fun brother Dictator.
| sire Of Phnllas, 2.l34 JaY-hye-Se9.
2:10A, and Director, 2:l1. Dictator and
| Director are almost infallible producers
Of fast trotters.
| LADY PATRIOT, the dam OF Volunteer, Sentinel,
and Hetzen's Hambletonian, was by
| Young Patriot, son OF Patriot by Blucher,
son Of American Eclipse. Volunteer was
| considered the best son Of Hambietonian,
and was sire OF ST. julien, 2l1A: Hunt.
ress, 2gOA and three miles In 5;siA, and
Of Gloster, 217.
Sentinel and Hetzelrs Hamhletonian
we're scarcely less distinguished, the last
named being the sire, from Revenue
dam. OF Manchester. one Of the finest
| horses In the American Trottins stud.
OLD ENGLISH TRoTrERs.
Mr.. Lawrence, in his notable work
on the horse, written i'll 1907, before
such an institution as the American
Trotter was conceived of, has some en-
phatic sentences in proof of the value
of thorough blood in trotters. He
says:
"Old Shields, sire of Scott, the first
trotting stallion of eminence OF which
we have any account, who stood In
Lincolnshire half century ago, was
got by Blank out of strong common
bred mare. Hue-and-Cry, his grandson
by Scott, and the best trotters which
have appeared, and that are now to be
found IN Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and
that region, have descended from Old
Shields.
"That horse was succeeded by USE
full Cub, who was the son OF black
cart-horse of the Suffolk breed out OF a
chapman's mare. Much OF the stock
OF the region just mentioned was from
| that horse. His stock was soon i'm